Catapult: translate English

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catapult:
- lance-pierre; catapulte
Wiktionary:
- catapult → catapulter
- catapult → catapulte, fronde, lance-pierre
- catapult → catapulte

English

Detailed Translations for catapult from English to French

the catapult (slingshot)
le lance-pierre; la catapulte
- lance-pierre [le ~] noun
- catapulte [la ~] noun

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
catapulte	catapult; slingshot
lance-pierre	catapult; slingshot
-	arbalest; arbalist; ballista; bricole; launcher; mangonel; onager; sling; slingshot; trebuchet; trebucket
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	sling

slingshot; sling; plaything; toy
launcher; device
arbalest; arbalist; ballista; bricole; mangonel; onager; trebuchet; trebucket; artillery; heavy weapon; gun; ordnance
propel; impel
sling; hurl; hurtle; cast

an engine that provided medieval artillery used during sieges; a heavy war engine for hurling large stones and other missiles¹
a device that launches aircraft from a warship¹
a plaything consisting of a Y-shaped stick with elastic between the arms; used to propel small stones¹
hurl as if with a sling¹
shoot forth or launch, as if from a catapult¹
- the enemy catapulted rocks towards the fort¹

catapult

verb

noun

catapult

noun

Engin de guerre de projection.
- catapulte → catapult
arme de jet, faite de corde ou de cuir, avec laquelle on lance des pierres, des balles, etc.
- fronde → slingshot; catapult
Petite arme de jet d’enfant, constituée d'un manche en forme de Y aux bouts duquel sont attachés les deux extrémités d'un élastique ; un projectile est placé au centre de ce dernier et est projeté avec la tension exercée sur l'élastique.
- lance-pierre → slingshot; shanghai; catapult

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• catapult	→ catapulte	↔ Katapult — ein Apparat zum Schleudern von Dingen; altes Artillerie-Kriegsgerät